Burundi: Government and opposition rivals are to meet to seek a deal after days of deadly demonstrations against a third term bid by the President Nkurunziza. (AFP)

DR Congo: The UN said that UN peacekeepers are preparing an offensive against Hutu rebels after plans for a joint operation with the army fell through. (AFP)

Nigeria: Police said that a gunman opened fire outside a school in Potiskum, seriously wounding 12 students in an area repeatedly targeted by Boko Haram. (AFP)

AMERICAS

Mexico: Authorities arrested a fugitive former deputy police chief wanted in connection with the disappearance of 43 students. (AFP)

Peru: The government said it is studying the possibility of declaring a state of emergency in Islay province, where protests against Southern Copper’s Tia Maria project have left two dead and nearly 200 injured. (EFE)

United States: US Defense Secretary Carter said an attempted attack on an exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in Texas was inspired, but not ordered by, ISIS. (AFP)

ASIA

Australia: PM Abbott’s top business advisor claimed climate change was a ruse encouraged by the UN to create a new authoritarian world order under its control. (AFP)

Korean Peninsula: North Korea warned said it was prepared to fire on sight without warning at South Korean naval vessels it accused of violating their disputed Yellow Sea border. (Reuters)

Nepal: The UN said it had received just USD22 million of the USD415 million it had appealed for the recent earthquake, and called for aid contributions to be “dramatically ramped up”. (AFP)

Pakistan: The army said that the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines were among at least six people killed in a helicopter crash in the Gilgit-Baltistan territory. (BBC)

Thailand: PM Prayuth Chan-ocha called for a three-way meeting with Malaysia and Myanmar to try to resolve a regional human trafficking crisis. (Reuters)

EUROPE

Region: Armenian FM Nalbandian criticized Turkey over its response to what he called the growing and “irreversible” trend of acknowledgments that the killings of ethnic Armenians by Ottoman Turks were ‘genocide’. (NYT)

Greece: PM Tsipras told parliament that he is optimistic the country will soon reach an agreement with its international creditors. (AP)

Ukraine: President Poroshenko criticized what he termed a policy of appeasement towards Russia in the context of the separatist conflict in the country’s east. (AFP)

MIDDLE EAST

Iran: The government rejected allegations made by Saudi Arabia that it was interfering in Yemen by backing Shiite rebels. (AFP)

Syria: Monitoring groups reported that clashes between regime forces and ISIS in the east of the country left 34 fighters dead in 24 hours. (AFP)